98 Quotes by Rachel Khoo

I will always look at my little Paris apartment with fond memories but I am too old to be sleeping on a futon bed!

I had a baptism of fire when I cooked in the Little Paris Kitchen.

I think my heritage makes me very open to try things, taking on different flavours, mixing it all up. I find that exciting.

With patisserie, unlike with cooking, you have to be very precise; you can't just add a bit of this and a bit of that, because your cake starts melting. There's a lot of technique involved, but you can still be creative. Because of my artistic background, when I have that freedom I tend to do things a little bit out of the box.

As a woman you have to tick all these boxes to be able to be on TV. I know I look a certain way and that's partly why I'm on TV. If I were really ugly and fat, I don't think I'd have had the same chance.

I hate eating food on camera - I always cringe afterwards!

I was fortunate that what you see on TV is who I am. I didn't change the way I dress.

It's great that Mary Berry got a primetime TV show, but I don't think there are enough women chefs on TV.

On Friday, I tend to wrap up at about 5.30pm after a very hectic week at work. I love nothing better than heading straight to my local cinema, the Hackney Picture House, to catch a film with friends.